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Attempts at Honesty

Reflections on the interplay of the Bible and Culture

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Shepherd vs. Leader

Posted on February 3, 2021 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

This is, after all, what the word pastor means. A pastor is a shepherd, or at least, is supposed to be a shepherd. Shepherds care for their flock, not just as a group, but as individuals.

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Meek and humble?

Posted on January 31, 2021 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Can we please have a little bit more of the Apostle Paul and a little less of the flashy, hip, bringer of sermonettes? Can we have the humble servant instead of the CEO? Can we have a shepherd and not a vision caster?

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No wicked scales

Posted on January 24, 2021 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

The broader issue is that God hates double standards. When we hold someone else to a higher standard than we are willing to obey, then we are violating this principle. This is what Jesus was talking about in the opening verses of Matthew chapter 7.

Filed Under: Bible Reflection Tagged With: judging, repentance, Sin

On a lost golden age

Posted on January 20, 2021 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

Rather than be nostalgic for something that never was, we can participate with God in responding correctly to the time in which we find ourselves.

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On Abuse of Power

Posted on January 18, 2021 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

This should be instructive to use as we look as to how the church should be structured. We have too many examples of how celebrity pastors have gone astray by assuming power that was never theirs to assume.

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The right to believe anything

Posted on January 15, 2021 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

We Christians should acknowledge that the church has often gotten it wrong concerning the proper application of tolerance. At times we have deserved the criticism that we are intolerant because of the way we have behaved toward those with whom we disagree.

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Broken Hear

The scandal among us – Thoughts on Matthew 1

The genealogy in Matthew one includes those involved in scandal and immorality as being in the line of the Messiah. What can we learn from this?

Time To Listen

Racism, Christians and the NFL – For what it’s worth . . .

Rather than fueling the divide between people, Christians should be at the forefront of those who are trying to bring peace and reconciliation. Listening before sharing opinions, would be a good start toward bringing this about.

May 21 Calendar

What is behind the popularity of Harold Camping?

Harold Camping and May 21 As many people know, Harold Camping has predicted that the rapture will happen on May 21. I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that I will be writing a post the morning of May 22 thanking God for another day. My purpose here is not to catalog […]

Discourse

No basis for discourse

We seem to have gotten to the point in our society where we can no longer have civil discourse. If someone makes a claim for truth, rather than take on his arguments and present counter arguments, it is much easier to just label his opinion as hateful and thereby wrong. It is easier to discredit the messenger than to respond to the message.

The danger of virtue-signaling

We need to be ever vigilant against our inner Pharisee.

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